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Australia enforces a mix of criminal, civil and regulator-led penalties for unlawful online speech: criminal vilification and incitement can carry fines and imprisonment (examples include up to 6 mont...
creates a suite of new federal criminal offences targeting public promotion or incitement of racial hatred, bans on extremist symbols and gestures, and aggravated offences for certain leaders and sett...
Since the was rushed through in January 2026, federal law expanded criminal offences tied to the online spread of extremist and hateful material and added new migration and customs powers—measures tha...